Posted on Stuff.co.nz - 21 October 2010
New Zealanders are taking far more overseas trips than a year ago, mainly to Australia, but Fiji is dropping off the holiday radar.
The number of foreign tourists coming to New Zealand is up only slightly.
New Zealand residents took 210,000 overseas trips in September up 9 per cent from the same month last year Statistics New Zealand said.
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New Zealand residents took more trips to Australia, China, the United States, Samoa, and the United Kingdom, but fewer to Fiji.
"Resident departures reached a new high for a September month, surpassing the previous high of 208,500, which was recorded in September 2007 before the global economic downturn," acting Population Statistics manager Kimberly Cullen said.
Visitor arrivals numbered 174,200 in September 2010, up 1 per cent from September 2009, the highest number of visitors ever recorded for a September month.
The main increases were from Korea (up 1200), China, and Australia (each up 1100).
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Visitors from the United Kingdom (8,600) continued to decrease in September 2010, down 2000 from September 2009. This is the lowest number of visitor arrivals from the United Kingdom for a September month since 2000 (8100).
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Land use is the primary source of generating income for most villages in Fiji. While this is often the case for those close to urban areas where there is a market for their produce, those in outlying islands like in my village, often rely on other means such as fishing.
But since land is the most readily available resource for villages, its use for agriculture has proven critical for the lives of Fijians. In fact having a productive and large crop is often the mark of a well off man in a village in the same manner as a herdsman with a large flock in places such as Africa.
The opportunity to generate cash returns from crops has provided villages in Fiji the ability to better themselves and provide opportunities for their families as well meet their varied village obligations such as the provincial levy. The article below is one such story.
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